What do these things have in common:
1. The movie "The Matrix"
2. Elon Musk's efforts to get man on the moon, mars, anywhere else but earth
3. Starlink
4. Neuralink
5. Meta's Billions of dollars invested in its "metaverse" VR goggles, etc with money still pouring in.
6. AI "agents", this Eric Schmidt interview
The answer is the tribulation. "They" take it seriously. You need to watch the movie "The Matrix" to give you their idea of the future which is loosely based on what the Lord God said is coming. That is, this world is going to get smoked. Read the book of Revelation for details of what is actually coming for this world. In the matrix the world is a desolate ruin so they invent a fictional world for people to live in instead. All these billions and trillions going into AI and off world exploration are part of this preparation.
While "they" are getting prepared for the future, the Lord is simultaneously preparing His Church for the future. What is this great awakening of 2026 about? What is this repentance and revival we are praying for right now daily about? What is this "leveling up" and growing into the best version of ourselves about? What is this centering ourselves in His Will about? What is this emphasis on faith, hope and most importantly love about? Its all preparation. It is late stage preparation taking place alongside, in parallel with the world's preparation for the same future.
The Lord is preparing His Church to be physically, spiritually, really, literally caught up into the clouds. We are rising up right now in preparation for that unexpected arrival of the Lord to call us out of here. The Spirit filled Church is the Restraining force we read about here:
2 Thess 2:7
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.
Salt and light restrain rot, decay and darkness. We are that salt and light in the world. Pull it out and we know what happens next. For all the "other tribbers" who believe they will be going through part of all of the tribulation, maybe they are right (for themselves, they will receive exactly as they believe):
Matt 8:13
Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that moment.
As for the rest of the Church up through this very day, 100% of the Church that has died in Christ escaped all that is about to happen. Why would the Church on the earth today be any different. 69 weeks appointed for thy people...thy people is Israel, not the Church. The tribulation is wrath and punishment and revealing Jesus Christ. The Church has not rejected Jesus Christ, He is already fully revealed in us, to us, living through us. Again, the "need" for the end time Church to go through the tribulation is garbage doctrine.
The rapture solution is to do exactly what the Lord told us to do which is living for Him day in and day out, ready and preparing continually for His unexpected appearance. He went on at length about this in His Word, we do well to take it seriously. If you are ready every day, you can't miss it. If you are praying for the escape from all as instructed in Luke 21:36, that helps out alot. If you are praying for yourself, your family and all the brothers and sisters in Christ daily that we will be found watching and ready for His unexpected return that could take place any day including today-that helps too. No "new" revelation required. No need for a PhD thesis 1000 pages long to explain why the Bible doesn't "really" mean what it says it means in plain, repetitive language. We just do exactly what we were told to do. Once again, the Lord frustrating the "wisdom" of the so called wise.
We dont have to guess or predict when the Lord will return for us, we have to be ready for it. Thats it. Simple and effective. Of course that frustrates those who want to write books and papers and hours long videos trying to get paid off the rapture timing. It also frustrates those who want to live their life their way right up until around when they "think" it will happen then they will clean up their act and get right with God. Another fools errand. Its going to be a surprise even to those watching and ready for it. Not this servants opinion, thats what the Word of God says.
We dont know when the Lord will show up unexpectedly but we can see this world completing their preparations for trying to escape the wrath of God. Why not just bend the knee and submit? Its much cheaper, way easier, and infinitely more effective at escaping wrath. We still live in the Age of Grace. Today is the day of salvation. The Church, and Restraint remain allowing people to be saved from the wrath to come. Our Lord's Will is that none should perish.
We have work to do. We can see from interviews with guys like Schmidt and peace talk in the Middle East that pieces are aligning with exactly precisely what the Lord God told us would happen. We also see our Lord at work preparing believers which is an even more important clue as to what time it is prophetically. If the Lord give us decades more on this earth, great-we continue to do our job. If He decides to come back tonight, great-we get to be with the Lord forever. We need to be ready for whatever happens next.
2026 continues to be the year of great global spiritual awakening, and repentance and revival in the Church. The Lord told us in the last days He would pour out His Spirit, we stand in agreement and alignment with His Will. Let it be done exactly as He said it would. While we remain on the earth we have alot of work to do. We have to grow in faith, hope and especially Love which ironically is the quality and characteristic that will sink the most enemy ships while keeping ours afloat and prospering. The Lord's plan and wisdom are awe inspiring. We still only see glimpses of it but when we see it in its entirety it is sure to take our breath away-its that perfect.
Enough for now, put on your faith, hope and love glasses daily and see the world through them.
Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.
Glory to God
grace and peace
